Help!!! found this baby hiding under my truck.... not sure if its a turkey or chicken, or if its a w

[SwedishDude99]

Turkeys do not have combs, they have what's called a snood. It's the red piece of skin that droops down over a tom's beak. The hens have this too, however it is more like a bump on their heads that doesn't droop over their beaks. I don't think what you have is a turkey though.

 

[TattooedMama]

Turkeys do not have combs, they have what's called a snood. It's the red piece of skin that droops down over a tom's beak. The hens have this too, however it is more like a bump on their heads that doesn't droop over their beaks. I don't think what you have is a turkey though.

x2. Shouldn't it be a chicken then? Does any other type of bird have a comb?

 

[SwedishDude99]

I think its a chicken too. It could just have a deformed face.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Very interesting! I must subscribe just to see how it grows out.

My first inclination is that it is a commercial turkey that fell from a truck. That would explain some of the injuries. Very often they don't get the cages properly closed and they lose some along the way.

Would this be a possibility? Do you live near a highway that would have poultry trucks going by?

I have never raised turkeys so I don't know if the comb would change into the other thing as it grows up.

 

[newtochickens88]

Maybe it is a chicken.... I guess only time will tell for sure

 

[newtochickens88]

There are highways nearby but its got puncture marks all over like maybe it was snatched up by a hawk and dropped, I also noticed its starting to lose feathers on its head and neck, not on its body, what would cause this?

 

[newtochickens88]

Does a snood start out looking like a chickens comb?

 

[SwedishDude99]

A comb will not turn into a snood. I raised broad breasted white turkeys last year. They are the standard commercial meat turkey. All turkeys have a snood when they're born. I think a chicken is the only thing that looks similar to that with a comb.

 

[newtochickens88]

Ok then it almost certainly has to be a chicken I suppose. Thank u for your help

 

[Puddin Fluff]

There are highways nearby but its got puncture marks all over like maybe it was snatched up by a hawk and dropped, I also noticed its starting to lose feathers on its head and neck, not on its body, what would cause this?

No idea but that is the biggest chicken head/beak I have ever seen! Can't wait to see how it matures. About how big is it now? Compared to an adult sex-link or some other LF type.